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Tool Kit on Climate Change Connections
Take yourself, your class, or your congregation on a journey that explores the intersections between climate change and hunger with ...
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Awakening to God’s Call to Earthkeeping
Download this free resource for a non-politicized, easy to follow path to help connect faith, eco-theology and the community we ...
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EPA’s Energy Star Congregation’s Guide
This workbook serves as a resource and planning guide for clergy, staff, and laypersons of houses of worship who want ...
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What Do We Know About Carbon Pricing and How is it Part of a Just Transition?
We are grateful for the work of Faith Action Team with Citizens' Climate Lobby and eager to share that a ...
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Northern IL Synod’s Season of Creation Resources
The Creation Care Committee of the Northern Illinois Synod happily provides valuable resources to make celebrating Season of Creation within ...
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A Theology of Liturgy in a New Key: Worshiping With Creation
Thanks to David Rhoads, Paul Santmire, and Norman Habel who share here their Chapter 2 of "The Season of Creation: ...
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Eco-Resources for Your Synod Gatherings
What can YOU do to get congregations in your area thinking about Caring for Creation as part of church? 1 ...
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Tools for Talking and Listening
Being church together doesn't have to mean we have one mind. Listening to the Holy Spirit within each of our ...
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Public Witness: from hand-wringing to actively loving neighbor
The 2019 ELCA Advocacy Convening (April 29 - May 1) gathered over 100 lay and rostered leaders to be trained ...
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Nurturing A Network: NW Minnesota Creation Care Team 2013
The mission of the Northwest Minnesota Synod Creation CareTeam is “to nurture a growing network that inspires our congregations and their members ...
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Carers for Creation Collaborate in the Northeast to Support the Earth and One Another (2015)
Check out the list of assets all these people bring to the table and how many forces are represented here! ...
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Larry Rasmussen’s Lecture for the Bonhoeffer Lectures in Public Ethics at Union Seminary
Voices from science, ethics, and theology on Eco-Reformation. Veni, Creator Spiritus! An Ecological Reformation Veni, Creator Spiritus! Once a World Council ...
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Lutheran Study Guide to Pope Francis’ Letter on Climate Change
This is a four week study intended for church adult education, college, or seminary classrooms. The study takes up the theme ...
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2016 Churchwide Assembly Resolution Urging Stewardship of the Gift of Water
Noting "the many biblical themes of renewal and liberation that water affords," and the importance of watersheds for environmental justice and creation ...
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Worship Resources for the Watershed Memorial from the ELCA
Click here to download the "Worship Resources for the Watershed Memorial" from the ELCA ...
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Our Watershed Moment, a toolkit from the EcoFaith Network of the Minneapolis Synod
Our Watershed Moment, a toolkit from the EcoFaith Network of the Minneapolis Synod, introduces the concept of a watershed and includes ...
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Stewarding the Gift of Water: ELCA Advocacy Fact Sheet
Theological background and information on water stewardship globally, nationally, and locally. Under the “Find Your Watershed” section of the Factsheet ...
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National Association of Conservation Districts (educational materials)
2018 Stewardship Theme: Watersheds: Our Water, Our Home Educational materials for all ages, including Church Leaders Guide and Litany ...
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Reflections on Swedish Bishops’ Letter on Climate Change
On May 19, 2015, LSTC Professors Kadi Billman, Barbara Rossing, and Vítor Westhelle, reflected on A Bishops' Letter about Climate ...
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God, Creation and Climate Change: A Resource for Reflection and Discussion, Lutheran World Federation.
Click here to download Lutheran World Federation's "God, Creation and Climate Change: A Resource for Reflection." ...
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Waiting for Lutherans
"Waiting for the Lutherans" An article by Larry Rasmussen in Currents and Theology and Mission ...
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Working their Beliefs into the Public Sphere
On Earth Day 2016, a small group of people of faith visited Massachusetts' Senator Ed Markey's office in Boston to ...
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Climate Change 101 ELCA Advocacy Issue Brief
Click here to download "Climate Change 101," an ELCA Advocacy Issue Brief ...
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Sing Out! Celebrating with Creation: Songs in Support of Ongoing Earth-Care
Sing Out! Songs written to known melodies, for use in association with the Eco-Reformation, the Season of Creation, or occasions for ...
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St. Andrew’s Environmental Stewardship Team: Nine Years Old and Still Going Strong!
The Environmental Stewardship Team (EST) at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church in Mahtomedi, MN (a congregation of some 6,000 people on ...
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Companion Sites
Lutherans Restoring Creation greatly appreciates the volunteers who keep the following resources updated. We are also blessed to have a ...
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Ecological Christianity through Luther’s Small Catechism
We marked the 500th anniversary of the Reformation with the occasion of Martin Luther writing his 95 Theses. For those ...
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Sample resolutions to edit and submit at your next synod assembly
Carbon Pricing & Dividend Sample Resolutions & Talking Points/Issues Sample Transition to Clean, Renewable Energy Resolution Sample Fossil Fuels Divestment ...
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Ecological Christianity Through The Ten Commandments
The 1st Commandment: You shall have no other gods. What is this? We are to fear, love, and trust God ...
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Ecological Christianity Through The Creed
The 1st Article, on Creation I believe in God, the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth. What is this? I ...
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